| Caldecott medal | awarded to the most distinguished American picture book published in the preceding year.
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| Characterization | the creation and convincing representation of a fictitious character.
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| Climax | the most intense moment in the development or resolution of the story plot.
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| Cross-cultural literature | literature about relations between cultural groups or by authors writing about a cultural group other than their own.
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| Denouement | the place in the storyline at which the final resolution occurs.
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| Literature | the imaginative shaping of life and thought into the forms and structures of language.
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| Literature of diversity | an umbrella term that refers to literature that addresses the diversity of our world.
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| Multicultural literature | an umbrella term that includes at least three kind of literature: world literature, cross-cultural literature, and minority literature or literature from parallel cultures.
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| Newbery medal | a prestigious award given for the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children published in the preceding year.
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| Omniscient point of view | an all-knowing narrator.
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| Parallel cultures | also called minority literature; literature written by members of a parallel culture that represents their unique experiences as members of that culture.
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| Plot | the plan of action; it tells what the characters do and what happens to them.
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| Point of view | the author's choice of narrator and the way the narrator reveals the story.
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| Setting | the locale and time period in which the action of the book takes place.
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| Style | the author's selection and arrangement of words in presenting the story.
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| Theme | the larger meanings that lie beneath the story's surface.
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| World literature | literature from non-Western countries outside the United States.
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